When you think about it, aren’t facts just a special type of opinion?
Seriously, though: what Cisco said.
And those who do have credentials either have them in the wrong field (Steven Jones), have been spoonfed evidence (Danny Jowenko), are liars (Kevin Ryan), or are total moonbats (Judy Wood and John Lear).
Government has enough small conspiracies that are apparent. I really don’t think them capable of hiding anything huge. The biggest failing of every conspiracy theory is the number of people who have to be involved for a conspiracy to work. A naval ship shot down TWA800? So, every sailor aboard has never said a word…right there, the conspiracy fails.
You want conspiracies? Watch lobbyists shape legislation.
I know a guy like that. He’s a full-on American Spectator readin, gun totin, Rush listenin, FOX news watchin, Bush lovin, Clinton hatin necon. Absolutely everything he reads on right wing websites is regarded as gawds own truth. Arguments against him always end with ‘Oh yeah? Well Clinton did X!’ I’m always hearing about how the Clintons have had 100s of people murdered, and how Clinton started up a crime database but had the project killed when his name kept coming up, and how Clinton was best buddies with Osama bin Laden, and how Hillary is really a communist, etc.
I’ve found the best way to deal with him is just treat him like a troll: ignore him. When he doesn’t get the expected response to his drivel, he shuts up pretty quickly.
You know Shodan? My sympathies. 
Maybe yes, maybe no. Who wants to know?
Oh man, my co-worker eats this conspiracy crap up. What is strange is that he is a good technician and certainly not stupid. At least he acknowledges the moon landings so all is not lost.
9/11 is just part of the interlocking, interconnected multipart world domination plan. The real action involves mandatory immunization. Remember:
“The preferred Iluminati method to introduce disease is via vaccinations”
Remember all that stuff about how if you folded US currency, you could spell “USAMA” and you could see the towers falling etc.?
I work in government - believe me we simply don’t possess the level of competency required to execute conspiracies, even the simple ones. Hell, the British secret service can’t even refrain from allowing secret information to be made accessible to anyone catching a train. :smack:
I used to work in a policy that was quite high profile but also controversial and highly unpopular in some circles (the opposition to it almost bordered on conspiracy theorist paranoia and stupidity sometimes). I sat in the Ministerial and senior management meetings and was aware of pretty much all the issues going on and it really was far more mundane and uninteresting than you could ever imagine.
CTs also seem to forget that the government is comprised of people, not unthinking automatons who carry out any instruction given to them.
Fnord.
(bolding mine)
I’m pretty sure whatever their plan is, it isn’t working.
Obligatory link to relevant cartoon about the topic of this thread.
33 posts and still not one mention of the Gay Agenda?
Feh. Amateurs!
That just shows how powerful it is.
Yeah, well, even if we assume that the average Doper is more intelligent than the average citizen (which is far from proven), we still have people asserting price gouging by oil companies and election fixing by the Republicans, so don’t ever think that smart people are immune from idiocy.
No Jewish Conspiracy mentioned?
Fine.
How about a Gay Jewish Conspiracy then.
Reality is far more unorganized than we could ever hope for.
Oh, yeah? Well, one of my brothers-in-law sends me the type of glurge we make fun of almost daily, and another one is trying to learn to get all his nutrition from sunlight.
What do I win? 
“They dyed me this color!”
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